Muhammad Zaman, PhD Professor (BME, MSE);
Director, Center on Forced Displacement
Education PhD, Chemistry – University of Chicago, 2003Primary Appointment Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
In the News
March 23, 2026
Refugees and asylum seekers face a heightened risk of deadly infection. The World Health Organization is working with Muhammad Zaman and the BU Center on Forced Displacement to address the problem. [ More ]
March 11, 2025
"There are microplastics all around us, and even more so in impoverished places where sanitation may be limited." [ More ]
Areas of Interest Refugee and global health; Antimicrobial resistance; Access to healthcare in urban informal settlements and refugee camps; One Health; Mathematical Modeling of Infectious diseases in forcibly displaced communities.
Publications
Research Areas Current research in the Zaman lab uses multi-disciplinary approaches to improve health outcomes among refugees, internally displaced persons and stateless communities. Our research approaches use computational, experimental and field-based methods, along with strong partnership with scholars and researchers on the ground to understand the dynamics of disease in complex emergencies, refugee camps and urban informal settlements. We are interested in systems level improvement of health outcomes and work with scientists, social scientists, humanists, public health professionals and policy makers. Projects include understanding antimicrobial resistance in vulnerable communities, improving medicine quality and access, and developing robust solutions for equitable access to diagnostics. We are interested in developing ethically grounded, context-appropriate approaches (methodologies, programs, technologies and policies) to improve health outcomes among these forcibly displaced communities. For more information – please see the Zaman lab website.
Honors and Awards · 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
Additional Affiliations Division of Materials Science & Engineering
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